Who am I to blow against the wind?
PAUL SIMONThere are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.
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I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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After all those years of automatic success, you don’t get nervous any more. It’s really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
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I met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers, still crazy after all these years.
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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.
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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I’m very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I’ve never been a sex symbol. I’m spared the embarrassment of acting young.
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I feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
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People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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